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South Asia has a huge need to create more and better jobs for a growing population especially in the manufacturing industries where it is underperforming as compared to East Asia. The report examines three critical and relatively understudied drivers of competitiveness: -Economies of...
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This book examines the effects of trade on growth and poverty. It addresses the following questions:1) Which are the channels through which trade openness may affect the economic activities of a given country? ; 2) What are the effects of trade openness on growth? ; and 3) What are the effects...
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This paper reviews the determinants of Latin America's uneven growth based on an accounting decomposition that breaks down countries' growth (relative to the world) into three trade-related channels: (i) an export pull measuring the traction exerted by the country's exports, (ii) an external...
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This paper attempts to quantify the impact of economic policy uncertainty on overall trade and trade linked to global value chains. Using new data on policy uncertainty for 18 countries and 24 years, it finds a statistically significant negative impact of policy uncertainty on overall trade...
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outlook for the country. Its coverage has ranged from the macro-economy to financial markets to indicators of human welfare … expectations based on the bounce back in oil production and exports. The economy registered a record growth rate of 13.4 percent … according to the new GDP data published by the Central Bank of Iran. While Iran's economy is relatively diversified for a …
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income distribution. Uzbekistan can expect to develop higher-paying jobs as it transitions from a factor-driven economy to an … efficiency-driven economy." However, given data constraints, the SCD cited the need for a more detailed analysis and assessment … economy and new data on constraints to productivity and employment growth generated by the three enterprise surveys conducted …
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returns in economic growth, job creation and productivity, have been disappointing. The Moroccan economy has performed … labor supply in skills that would anchor Morocco as an emerging economy, to continue its path of growth, and to move into …
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reform, political economy considerations and recommendations for structuring social dialogue on reforms …
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status, and from a planned to a functional market economy. Despite these reforms, the domestic economy still lacks the needed … challenge, the economy also faces a low employment and skills challenge. To address its productivity challenge North Macedonia …
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Using firm-level data covering 709 cities in 128 countries, this paper examines the role of a comprehensive list of business environment variables at the subnational level in explaining firm employment and productivity growth. The analysis finds basic protection, access to finance and...
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